Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 300

Lenok’s brow furrowed slightly at the young man’s words. Was another strange rumor circulating while he was briefly away from this place? It was said that fame was always exaggerated and inflated, but the speed at which the rumors about Gyonroe were diverging from reality was too fast. That he craved blood more than money, that he was crazy about fighting… At this rate, it wouldn’t be surprising if he was mistaken for a berserker rather than a mage. However, the young man was completely oblivious to Lenok’s feelings and continued to speak leisurely. “Whether you’re stabbed with a knife or shot with a bullet, you die the same way, so why be intimidated by fame?” Woo-woo-woo-woong!!! At that moment, an intense aura, like a waterfall, erupted from the young man’s body. A tremendous pressure that even slightly surprised Lenok. The expressions of the organization members behind him, who felt the full force of that magic power, changed completely. The young man, who had been loosening his body while bending over, muttered. “Now that I’m back, we don’t need guys like that in the organization.” “I see.” Lenok nodded. “So, you were the deputy commander of the Brotherhood who succeeded in escaping?” “So, before we all die of old age, let’s have a match to see who lives longer.” The young man said with a smirk. “It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but I’m also quite confident in my fist fighting.” It was obvious even without him saying so. A robust magical power that was incomparable to the man who had first picked a fight with Lenok. And a firm core built within it. The extreme of level 6 nature transformation. A strongman who might even be knocking on the door of level 7. Considering that he was a physical combatant who used his body, it wouldn’t be strange if he had already opened his small universe [a concept referring to a personal, internal source of power]. Having reached this level, he probably didn’t stop his pursuit even after realizing that Lenok was his opponent. It wasn’t surprising. It was common for organizations that had made a name for themselves in this world to have one or two such specialized forces within their ranks. Rather, considering what Lenok had been doing, it was somewhat late for him to clash with such powerful, unauthorized armed groups. It just so happened that he got involved with the Three Heads and ended up handling large-scale matters. Originally, the opponents Lenok should have been fighting for power in the shadows of Vulcan were these kinds of people. “Alright.” Pajijijik!! Lenok nodded, scattering blue sparks from his coat. It wasn’t surprising. Not everyone in this world was a cold-hearted person who calculated the other person’s reputation or level and sought profit. This blatant and ugly greed, honestly desiring what the other had, was the true nature of this world. Now, such blatant provocation and greed felt rather refreshing. Lenok, who had picked up a spear, slowly tilted the shaft. “I’ll compare your fist fighting skills to Antares myself.” “You don’t need to compare me to such a monster, you’re…!!” Thwack!! The young man, who had twisted his shoulder in place, disappeared from Lenok’s sight in an instant. A speed so fast that he momentarily escaped the range of perception. The moment the young man appeared behind Lenok’s left back, the series of actions to assume a stance was already complete. When he felt the young man bending his knees and pulling his fist back slightly, the preemptive strike was already over. Stonia Fist Art 18 Styles Consistent Straight Punch Pee-ing!! The extreme compression process where the moment of assuming a stance and the moment of throwing a punch occur almost simultaneously. The shorter the gap, the denser the power contained in a single punch. With a single punch that seemed to grasp the entire space, a triple-layered shockwave extended and struck Lenok’s back. Kwaaaaaaa!! The old cement floor that the two were standing on was torn away by the tremendous pressure. “Hoo…!!” However, it was not Lenok who groaned in pain first, but the young man who had thrown the straight punch first. The skin on the back of his clenched fist was torn off completely, and blood that had burst out along his elbow scattered on the floor. “It’s a bit different from what I heard. I didn’t hear that you were good at balancing offense and defense?” “That was a while ago.” Lenok, who had heard the young man’s mutterings, slowly turned around and replied. “I got tired of being constantly smashed… so I made a lot of changes.” Pajijijik!!! Only then, through the electricity surrounding his coat, could the faint shape of a shield be seen. “It’s going to hurt a lot if you try to touch it directly.” Lenok had succeeded in not only strengthening the durability of the barrier but also imbuing the shield’s attribute itself with electricity. Compared to other magic that was used sporadically and didn’t need to consider its duration, the difficulty of improving a shield that constantly protected Lenok and was maintained 24 hours a day was extremely difficult even with Lenok’s understanding of magic theory. However, Lenok had been preparing clues to improve the shield through constant research and discussions with Aris. As a result, immediately after finishing the work at the fortress, he had drastically reorganized the shield’s attribute itself. He layered [Chain Lightning] and [Bolt], and the moment the shield broke, the layered electricity would transfer and electrocute the opponent. Instead of dramatically increasing the shield’s durability, he improved it in a way that would inflict damage proportional to the damage it took. Rather than inefficiently modifying it to increase its durability, he shifted the direction to increase its power on the condition of destruction. “Even with magic power protecting my hand, it’s this much… I should refrain from direct hits.” The young man clicked his tongue and smiled, shaking off the blood that had gathered on the back of his hand. The hot blood scattered on the floor quickly dried up and burned away. Lenok looked at the young man and then, as if suddenly remembering something, asked. “Are you perhaps acquainted with a mercenary named Adam from the Platon Office? The way you handle magic power is quite familiar.” It was difficult to know exactly how the young man’s fist art worked, but the rhythm of his magic power was etched in Lenok’s memory. Unlike the fighting styles of warriors and mages, in order to systematize techniques using magic power and pass them on, it was necessary to establish a certain rhythm and pattern and organize it. In that sense, the flow of Adam’s fist art that he had seen in the proxy battle and the punches that the young man was showing now had a similar rhythm. To be precise, the young man’s was much more fluid and faster, but it was not to the extent that he could not read the faint pattern within it. If they were monsters who had gone beyond completing their hierarchy and had begun to change their inner selves, they would not be read in this way, but neither Lenok nor the young man were at a level to fully look at that realm. “Adam? I don’t know that name at all.” The young man smiled and nodded, pressing his wrist to stop the bleeding. “But Platon… well, I roughly understand what you’re saying. I was wondering what they were doing all this time, and it seems they were playing around in such a place.” “…It seems you have no intention of explaining properly.” Lenok also chuckled and raised his hand. “Let’s break your limbs first and then listen slowly.” “Is that something you should be saying…!!” Kuuuung!! A heavy magic power erupted from the young man’s raised right arm and rotated violently around his elbow. The manifestation of magic power, which originally had no physical substance. Adding a strong rotational force to it, it had the power to grind even the asphalt on the ground like paper. The young man’s body, which had lightly bounced his knees, shot forward like an arrow, and immediately collided with Lenok, who had slammed down his electricity-flowing shield. Kugwagwagwagwa!! At the same time as the two swung their hands in all directions, blue flashes of light and shockwaves surged like waves, and flames that did not distinguish between friend and foe burst out along the ground. With each blink of an eye, the young man’s movements changed violently as if the frames were cut off, and his fist strikes flew through the air, piercing Lenok’s vital points from various angles. “Hoo-up!!” Stonia Fist Art 25 Styles Fang Wolf Carving Chijijijik!! At the same time as the young man’s elbow, which had taken a deep breath, rotated violently, The condensed mass of magic power, twisted by that momentum, began to greedily bite into Lenok’s shield like the jaws of a beast. At first glance, it seemed as if he was simply grasping and swinging magic power, but it was a technique that maximized sharpness by precisely twisting the end of the magic power in the fleeting moment of swinging his fist. The fact that he was successfully completing all of those difficult applications in the fleeting moment of exchanging blows with Lenok proved the young man’s level. However, even so, Lenok did not back down, but rather received all of the fierce attacks and walked forward, swinging his hand. Pajijijijijik!!! [Rotating Lightning Retraction] Sharpened electricity rotated from all directions and converged into one point, seizing the entire chaotic exchange of blows. [Thunderbolt Coffin] Weee-ing!! Immediately after that, a vortex of electricity that exploded right in front of him drew a huge hexahedron, twisting the young man’s limbs and trying to bind him in space. “…!!!!” The young man, whose brow was distorted, withdrew the magic power he had been pouring out in that moment and took a step back. [Flying Azure] Swaeee-aek!! A blue flash of light that flickered from the end of his sleeve curved sharply, rejecting the young man’s hand gesture and piercing into his left shoulder. “Keu-hat…!!” Kwaang!! The three counterattacks that were fired like lightning the moment he used the Fang Wolf Carving to twist the battle structure. If he hadn’t pulled his body back in that fleeting moment, it wouldn’t have been strange if he had died on the spot. It was only natural that the young man’s spine would feel cold. If he had been hit a little lower, his heart would have been pierced directly. With this level of firepower, his heart would have contracted for a brief moment and his cardiovascular system would have burst. The young man, who had retreated and was quickly rubbing his shoulder, clicked his tongue. “You’re crazy. Using electric magic in such an extreme way…!!” The brief clash was not long. But in that time, the two superhumans had exchanged nearly a hundred fierce blows. The young man had realized in that moment how Lenok was resolving the gaps in the exchange of blows that could not be covered by his shield. Originally, electric-type magic had the disadvantage of high firepower and speed, but also high magic consumption and a very short duration. However, Lenok had compressed the chanting speed of such electric magic to the extreme and was swinging it in response to the incoming attacks, accurately intercepting the opponent’s offensive. It was a mad act like preparing hundreds of sharp swords that would break with a single swing and engaging in battle. It was a gamble where even a single mistimed attack could disrupt the entire exchange of blows. Was the mage in front of him succeeding in that precarious tightrope walk with death every time? It was something that could not be understood with common sense, but that was why the young man was rather convinced. If this was not the reason why a mage with no close combat ability had survived numerous battles with warriors head-on, then what else could it be? “You have good eyesight. Did you see that with your own eyes and realize it?” Lenok smiled, drawing a sharp arrow by twisting two electric thunderbolts. Among those who had directly clashed with Lenok and died, most had not noticed how Lenok was performing close combat. At least, the young man was clearly different from those people. “Let’s see how far you can see.” He pulled the left finger that had formed a hand seal and drew it down the inside of his right wrist. The arrow of electricity, as large as an arm, twisted into a double helix, was pulled out as it was and flickered in Lenok’s hand. Tsuzu-zu-zu-zu!! The air around it was crumpled, dried, and heated up, as if it would burst through the air and fly away at any moment, at the essence of the penetrating magic that was rotating violently. Even though it was perfectly controlled while rotating in Lenok’s grasp, the immense repulsive force could be estimated. “Haa, really…!!” The attempt to avoid it was a loss in itself. The young man, who had quickly come to a conclusion, also quickly assumed a stance. Instead of observing Lenok’s magic with his eyes, he covered his left hand with his right hand and lowered his body as it was. At the same time, magic power rotated around the depths of his body, and slow waves leaked out in succession. Woo-woong!! The form of the waves that spread out in layers behind his left elbow was unusual. It was proof that the young man had, albeit immaturely, completed his hierarchy and developed his mental image as a concept. It meant that he had reached a realm where he interfered with the laws of physics not with his physical body, but with his thoughts and mind. The time the two superhumans, facing each other, refined their own thoughts was fleeting. However, the total amount of power amplified during that time was incomparably more intense than before. [Compiled Thunder] At the same time as the spiral arrow that had bloomed in Lenok’s hand rushed forward, the young man also lowered his bloodied right arm and swung his left fist. The overlapping waves of magic power, compressed to the fullest at the end of that fist, extended as they were, drawing a huge spiral. “Haaaaaaa!!” Stonia Fist Art 4 Styles Straight Punch 9 Layered Collapse Cannon Kwaaaaaaa!!! The huge wave of air that extended in a straight line swept through the place where Lenok had been, and even crumpled the nearby containers like pieces of paper. A single punch that was unbelievable for a human body to accomplish with just two fists. Air manipulation at the level of gathering all the air in this vicinity and swinging it. It was a destructive power that would not be strange to think that the highest level of air manipulation techniques had been implemented. Pazzzzz!! However, even in the midst of the wind bombardment that was indiscriminately smashing everything around, the light of the electricity that cut through the very center did not go out. Despite the collapsing fist that seemed to turn the entire dock upside down, the Compiled Thunder that Lenok had fired clearly pierced through it and embedded itself in the young man’s shoulder. Kwajik!! “I, ik…!!” Exactly the same spot where the young man had first been hit. A level of coincidence that was impossible without intention. Unlike the first electric shock he had allowed, it was at a level that was impossible to withstand with his body. The moment he noticed, his shoulder had already been pierced through, and blood was gushing out from the gap. But even so, the young man, clutching his shoulder, roughly yelled out. “Now!!!” Kwagwagwagwagwa!!! At that moment, the members of the Brotherhood, who had been watching the two’s battle until now, simultaneously began to unleash a barrage of attacks. The barrage of bullets fired by those who had been surrounding them on the ground, the old tanks and armored vehicles waiting behind them. The helicopters and aircraft floating in the sky simultaneously fired their gunpowder weapons with the force to melt the ground. A high-powered bombardment that did not care about the safety of their deputy commander. Lenok, who was wearing a shield, would not suffer much damage from this kind of bombardment, but if Mayer was hiding somewhere now… In the fleeting moment when Lenok’s thoughts reached that point, the young man, as if he had been waiting for that moment, muttered as he passed by Lenok. “It is said that when people are cornered, they first look at the most urgent place.” “…….” “When I sent the signal for firepower projection in this area just now, the direction you first looked. I’ve confirmed it for sure.” Before Lenok could answer, the young man’s body disappeared from his sight. Swae-ek!! As if he had no regrets about the exchange of blows they had just had, the young man began to dash in the direction Lenok had looked.